Ottavio Piccolomini

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Ottavio Piccolomini was a 17th-century Italian nobleman and prominent general in the service of the Habsburgs during the Thirty Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Habsburg military commander
Italian nobleman
general
human
military officer
activeInConflict Thirty Years' War
allegiance Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Tuscany
dateOfBirth 1599-11-11
dateOfDeath 1656-08-11
decoratedWith Order of the Golden Fleece
employer Habsburg Monarchy
familyName Piccolomini
givenName Ottavio
languageSpoken German
Italian
Spanish
memberOf House of Piccolomini
militaryRank Field Marshal
nobleTitle Duke of Amalfi
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
notableEvent Participation in the conspiracy against Wallenstein
notableFor Rising from Tuscan nobility to high rank in the Holy Roman Empire
Role in the downfall and assassination of Wallenstein
Service as a leading Habsburg commander in the Thirty Years' War
notableWork Campaigns in Bohemia
Campaigns in Hungary
Campaigns in Saxony
Campaigns in the Low Countries
Command at the Battle of Lützen
Command at the Battle of Nördlingen (1645)
Role in the assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein
participantIn Battle of Jankau
Battle of Lützen (1632)
Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
Campaigns of 1645 in the Thirty Years' War
placeOfBirth Florence
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
placeOfDeath Habsburg Monarchy
Vienna
positionHeld Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
Imperial Field Marshal
linked to: Field Marshal
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Florence
Vienna

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Army of Flanders commander Ottavio Piccolomini
Battle of Nördlingen (1634) commander Ottavio Piccolomini
Ottavio hasNotableBearer Ottavio Piccolomini